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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
JOHN 8. MossY, THE GUERILLA.
Tho Fsmos. E.-confsd.rats a. I. Leo

Tho Famous EI-Confedsrats as . Leo
turer-several Incidents Of His Life.
am told that John s. Mosby, the
guerilla general and ex-consul to Hong
Kong, has agreed TO deliver fifty lectures,
for which he gets $500 night. This will
make $4,000 for fifty lectures, or for
fifty utterances Of one lecture, and IL is by
no means bad pay. "John Mosby," said
an old Confederate friend of his TO me,
sis as poor as church mouse and he will
give these lectures because he wants the
money. He came out of the war without
dollar and don't think he saved any
thing abroad. His son graduated with
high honors at the Virginia university
this year, and think he has other chill
dren. His beautiful and talented wife Is
dead, and / doubt whether he has a
home he can call his own.
"John S. Mosby is q slight, bent,
blonde man, with cold gray eye con-
tanning no more expression than boys
marble. He talks slowly, never gets ex.
cited, and does not know what fear is.
He loves his friends and hates his ene-
mics, and he carries his fight to the death.
lately heard story from a captain in
the Union army Of a scene in which
Mosby took part during the war. A
Union regiment had driven him with q
small body of his men into a ten acre
field. about which was high fence. They
could see him plainly within it, and they
surrounded the field and began to close
in upon Mosby. They wanted to capture
him, as he had already killed nearly half
their regiment. They closed Ia upon him
slowly, his handful OF troops still firing.
They had backed him up close to fence,
and they apparently had him In their
grasp, when he drove his spurs into his
horse and went over the fence like a
flash, and as he did so, turned in the air
upon his saddle and shot n soldier through
the head with his revolver. There are
few such shots AS Mosby, and during the
war lie shot TO kill.
"At tie close OF the war Horace Gree
ley wanted Mosby hung lie denounced
him as n guerilla and murderer and
published article after article calling
upon the president TO hang him. Mosby
fled to the mountains, and he told me he
intended To fight TO the last. Gen. Grant
was in Washington at the time. Mrs.
-"N''s NaihN iNiN "lNh q 'iVf VII
one arm and these papers Of Horace
Greeley under the other. She called
upon Grant and laid the papers before
him. Grant told her to 60 TO her husband
and to tell him that he would protect
him If he would surrender; that he should
go TO the nearest station and give himself
mp and he would protect his parole as
much as he would that Of Gen. Lee Mrs.
Mosby carried this news to John S.
Mosby in the mountains. He surren.
dered and Grant protected him. Mosby
never forgot it, and when the campaign
Of 1872 came around, in which Greeley
was pitted against Grant, Mosby stumped
the state Of Virginia for Grant lie car.
ried Greelcy's papers around and told the
people how Grant had treated him. The
result was he carried Virginia for the Re
publicans the first time in its history
Cor. Cleveland Leader.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06

"The most peculiar thing ever noticed
about Jockey Fred Archer" said an old
English sport the other day, "was the de-
liberation with which he settled himself
In his saddle. II rarely took him less
than five minutes TO get his position, but
when he did get settled there wasn't a
horse on the continent that could shift
him. Archer had peculiar legs. They
were abnormally long from the knee to
the ankle, and wonderfully elastic. These
legs stood Archer in Sood stead in hard
race. With his knerS pressed dead against
the paniers of his sa lie he could remove
his feet from the rrups, and curling
that portion Of his gs below the knee
high upon the fianks his nag, rake the
flesh with his steels. Archer was the
only jockey in the world who could per-
form this feat. IL was seldom that he
chose to do il, but when he did you could
rest assured that the race was for blood.
The dead jockey won many hard fought
battle in this manner. | have seen his
feet suddenly leave the stirrups when he
was being hard pressed near the judges
stand, and then watched his horse spring
to the front as the glittering steel on the
wiry legs Of his ride sank deep into the
flesh. No, sir; A er didn't seem 10
have bow in his .gs from the knee
down. They were rs supple as willow
twigs. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Cold and Tobacco smnLinr.

DR.. Chudnoyski publishes in The Rus
skaya Meditsina an cOunt Of series 7
observations made twelve soldiers in
a military hospital, no were perfectly
healthy with the exc ,tion OF slight in
juries, with the objc, # determining the
effect Of cold applications to the epigas-
trium upon the rapidity of digestion.
The stomach tube WAS of course freely
used, and the completion Of digestion was
taken to be marked boy the disappearance
OF solid particles in Poi" gastric contents,
as revealed by draw them up through
The tube The autf found that when
ce bladders were ed next the skin
over the region OF stomach, digestion
was retarded in nine out of the twelve
cases. Six Of the men were smokers and
six non-smokers. lu the former the time
required for digesi IN averaged seven
hours, while In the ease OF the non. .smok-
ers the mean period oi digestion was only
six hours. American.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Tho worlds Rain Fall.

II is estimated that each year from 81,
900 to 35, 900 cubic miles OF rain falls upon
the surface Of the globe. What becomes
Of it' The rivers seldom carry of one
half, except in regions Of close grained
rocks; the rest disappears by evaporation,
by the absorption OF the earth, and by
being taken up by plants, animals and
mineral oxidation. In most parts OF tenn
perate ATTITUDES the removal by rivers is
from third 10 two fifths OF what falls;
in warm lattudes the amount is less, and
may he under one tenth. The Mississippi
carries AWAY one fourth OF the rainfall Of
its drainage area; the Missouri three
twentleths: the Ohio one fourth; the
rivers Of England and Wales nine-six-
teenths. Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Where do ybale,. yvtn,er-

Just where all the arctic whales winter
has long been mooied question. They
are found all along the coast of Califor-
mia during some OF the winter months.
But their breeding grounds there are the
lower ATTITUDES. As at Magdalena bay and
in the shallow bays OF the lower Mexican
coast II is probable that some go down
as far rs the Central American coast
AL the right whales seen along the coast
do not enter the Arcti, although IL would
seem that the greater number do Many
are found in the summer season In the
Okiotsk sea and along the coast OF
Siberia. The right whale seeks out his
summer feeding grounds in high latitudes
and seeks out breeding grounds in low
1atitndes. This annual migration and
return is counted on with the greatest
certainty. As many whales come out of
the Arctic in autumn as enter In the
spring. These facts govern the operations
VI the whaling feet Hence, after the
Arctic whaling season Is over many ships
discharge and reft at once aud 90 down
the coast preparatory 10 q later cruise In
high ATTITUDES. At several points along
the coast in this state there are shore sta
tions where a considerable number OF
whales are caught as they go up and
down the coast.-San Francisco Bulletin.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06

The waters Of "oswald's Well" still
now freely at the foot. OF q woody bank In
o field on the outskirts OF Owestry, next
10 that now used In the grammar school
playground In the year 1912 local an
tiquary, the late Mr.. r. NJ. Doyaston,
wrote that "the feeble and intirm still be-
heve and bathe In the well, and did more
90 until IL was inclosed In the noisy school
playground, Bottles Of water are carried
TO wash the eyes OF those. who are dim or
short sighted or the tardy or erring legs
of such as are Of weak understanding" !"
Nowadays it seems chiefly to be used as
wishing well and many ar, the cere
monies prescribed for attaining the hearts
desire thereby. One rite is to 90 TO the
well at midnight TO take some OF the
water up in the hand and drink part OF 10,
at the same time forming the wish in the
mind. The rest of the water In the hand
must then be thrown upon particular
stone at the back Of the well, where the
schoolboys think that King Oswald s head
was buried and where formerly carved
head wearing crown projected from the
wall II the votary can succeed in throw
ing all the water left in his hand upon this
stone WITHOUT tVuSuinB any o'ner spot MS
wish will be fulfilled.
Whatever ceremony be practiced the
wish of course must be divulged to no one.
A young girl at Owestry about three years
ago obtained the wish which she had
breathed into small hole in the keystone
of the archoyer the we'll. Another approved
plan is 10 bathe the face in the water and
wish while doing so; or, more elaborately,
to throw stone upon certain green spot
at the bottom of the well, which will
cause a jet OF water to spout up in the air.
Under this the votary must put his head
and wish, and the wish will be fulfilled
in the course Of one or two days. An
other plan savors Of divination; it Is .
search among the beech trees near the
well for an empty beechnnt husk which
can be imagined to bear some sort Of like
ness 10 a human face, and TO throw this
into the water with face uppermost. IL IT
swims while the diyiner counts twenty
the wish will be fulfilled but not other
wise. shropshire Folk Lore.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Fifteen Big Cheesea.

A cheese factory nj East Aurora, N. Y.
Is filling an order from Glasgow, Scot
land, for fifteen che, ,''s, to weigh $500 {
1000 pounds each. With the order cam,
Q package Of British gold coin, soyer
eigns, which are put into ths eurd Of sscl
cheese when making, and will becom,
the property Of thos, who buy the portion
where they are imbedded. 10 requires
the morning and evening milk Of 3,OOI
cows to make one Of these cheesss. Chi
cago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06

The craze for athletic exercise has taken
on fresh yigor. Half the society and
business men OF the town now 20 to the
rooms Of some professor Of sparring or Of
physical culture and exercise AZ least one
hour every other day. The most popular
and beneficial treatment is that which
adds 10 the exercise itself the rubbing
down OF the pupil and the treating him
by massage or manipulation.--Cor. Phila-
dolphin Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Til. iOoih Trip Across.

Capt McMIcknn, OF the Umbiin, vent
into the port of New York for the 4O0th
time. Seven hundred and ninety nine
voyages across the Atlantic, nine trips 10
India and ten 10 Mediterranean ports have
carried the veteran captain over nearly
2,000,0oO miles OF water.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
chIcnEo'- Medical Ip.,i,u,Io...

The mind cure has found congenial
Held in Chicago, where there are 600
professional Dealers, . chartered colleges
OF instruction, and 20 that are not, and
these various institutions are graduating
ct least $50 pupils each month.-New
York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Washington. Library Building.

The new library building at Washing.
ton is so large that y the present annual
growth Of Is, 900 volumes Il will take two
centuries TO fill the building with books
TWENTY-FIVE years ago there were twenty.
i've larger libraries in the world. now
there are hut five larger, and the Wash
ington library will probably distance ali
Others In the United States. Kansas City
Times
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Smoking In the british Arwy,

The Duke Of Cambridge, the commander
In chief Of the British army, has lust issued
an order partially resembling the old rule
which imposed penalty upon all soldiers
caught smoking in the streets. Now,
during certain prescribed hours, the sol-
diers may appear in public with their
cigars, cigarettes or clay pipes, and pun
the dukes military genius.-New York
SIM
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06

Two big pensions we're granted at
washington the other day. One was To
John T. Moncrief, au insane veteran,
whose payment will amount 90 Sl2, 224. 80.
This Is said TO he the largest pension yet
issued. The other was 10 Josiah Brinard,
Whose Ilrst payment will amount 10 ST.
0l7g New York sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06

The day nursery Of Grace church en-.
sbles mothers who desire 10 go from home
in order 10 earn their living TO leave the.r
children in the charge Of Miss woolsey
and her assistants until night. The chill.
dren are fed, taught, and washed, and al.
lowed to disport themselves in q large
play room.-Harper' Bazaar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
lie PrnhahIx Waa

"Wns the early man savageg" asks a
magazine writer. That depends. II the
early man arose at 3 a. m. and rushed
around like mad TO reach the depot only
TO find that he was TOO early by about
four hours, IL is safe TO say that he was
s0mewhat saya9.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
SILK Raised I'm Utah.

About 1900 pounds Of silk cocoons.
averaging 81 per pound, have been raised
In Utah during the last year The in
dustry Is still in It's infancy, but the out
look is very ilattering. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
The Hair Moth"

"The hair moth, which creates havoc
mid fine hend Of hair, rapidly destroy
ing II and creating badness, Is being
talked OF In New York and Brooklyn, and
the cheap barber shops are being blamed
for the propagation Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06

A genius in Troy has Just invented O
Stove that saves three quarters Of the
wood, while the ashes u makes pays for
The remainder. Boston Budget
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06

London has had four great exhibitions
IN A. many years the Fisheries"
"Healtherics," Inventories aud Colo
niles" II is now proposed 10 follow these
by the "Yankeries. I"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Notice,

Notice.
Rnow all men by ihese presents that by vote Of
the shareholders Of the Miles City Water Works
the said company Is reduced from $50 600 20 sl2 O00
v. X. GILMAN, President.
Miles City, Dec. IS, 1885.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-06
Take # in Time.

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II is an anodyne expectorant, and, IL
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Six years ago, / contracted n severe
Cold, which settled ON my Lungs, aud
soon developed all the alarming syinp-
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Night Sweats, Bleeding Lungs. Pain IN
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my physician finally determined to give
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Rodney johnson, Springfield, III.
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The winter months. - Russell Bodinc,
llnghesville, lycouling Co.. Pa.
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The Washington critic., 1887-12-07
THE HORSE TRAINER.
The KAISER PAYS HIS FARE.
No Deadhead Passes for the German I'm.
perial Family.

As regards the mooted question
whether the Emperor travels free
of expense on the Prussian State
railways, 1t Is now positively stated
that, with but single exception, the
Emperor as well rs the members
of the Imperial family do neither
enjoy nor claim the privilege of
free passes. That exception is the short
track of tho Main-Wcser Railroad be-
tween Cassel and Frankfort-on-Main, on
which the Emperor alone, as successor
of the Elector of Hesse, pays no ear fare
either for himself and his suite, nor for
baggage; the Princes and Princesscs of
the Imperial family are, however, de-
prived of this privilege.
On all the other German railroads the
Emperor pays the regular tariff fare for
his person and suite, rs well as for the
baggage. The average rate is six marks
per kilometre for every axle, and in
view of the fact that his Majesty travels
many thousand kilometres in the course
of year, the railways have good Gus
toner in him. Paris Register.
The Washington critic., 1887-12-07
Lace Pillow Shams.

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The Washington critic., 1887-12-07
LESS perfumery and More Comfort.

Wnuregnn House, Norwich, tile other night,
and, on retiring, blew out the gas. He had
not been in bed long before he experienced
u very uncertain feeling. He arose and
raised the window and then retired ngnin.
The odor began to be sitting, and he got up
and opened the door into the hall, Then he
until he was driven out by nausea, when he
dressed, and going to the office walked up
to the night clerk and said: "say, there il
something wrong about the room You gave
me. II has bad smell, and l have con-
cluded it amt healthy. Can't you give me
Il room with less pcriumery and more COM
fort?" The odor was upon him, the clerk
recognized it, and going TO the room he
turned OH the gas, aired the room and
showed his guest that there was comfort still
left in the room assigned him.-LNew Haven
Journal
The Washington critic., 1887-12-07
Mrs. cleveinnd's Fame Abroad.

Mrs. Cleveland, am told, has used up all
her wedding trousscau dresses in her recent
tour through the States with her husband.
She Is the first woman who has ever been so
prominently used for great political pur-
pose, and She has been brilliant success.
The bridal dress of creme sttin which she
bought here was worn time after time at
dinners receptions and other festivities, but
she often altered the trimmings, Her dress
though varied at times by different sorts OF
small gnrntures The tour extended over
1900 miles. A queen born 10 the manner
could not have played her part better IN
America Mrs G. always goes to Il lady 5
tailor--LMrs. Crawiords Paris letter in Lon
don Truth,
The Washington critic., 1887-12-07
The First Woman Editor.

Mrs Anne Royal was native of Virginia.
When II child she was stolen by the Indians,
and was held in captivity by them for about
fifteen years. Soon after her release she
married Captain Royal and removed to
Alabama. Her husband taught her to read
and writcand she panilestedu very clevcrlit-
crary talent. somd years later she took up
her residence at Washington where she be-
came wGll-linown MS the editor of the Wash
ington Pau PrH and later Of the HuHtress.
She also wrote several books "Skctchcs of
History, Life and Manners in the United
Statcs;h and two subsequent volumes on the
same subject, called "Ihc Black Book
southern Tour" or second series of "rhc
Black Book" and novel, "'rhc Ten
nessccan;" and Letters from Alabama"
She seems to have been II 'holy terror in
Washington in her time, for the Member of
Congress who refused To subscribe to her
paper or buy her books was sure to be
Hereby castigated in her paper, and TO have
all his family affairs and the pcccadilloes of
all his relatives shown up in the worst posi-
bic light. She was pioneer in the business
of personal and impertincnt journalism,
which has since become such thriving
trade III this county, Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Washington critic., 1887-12-07

The FremdenJldn of Vienna says that the
Russian military measures ON the frontier
are NJ variance with the general desire for
peace and the hopes thereof caused by the
meeting of the Emperors of Germany and
Russia in Berlin. ave must wait, says
the paper "to see TO what extent the Berlin
meeting will influence these measures, which
possibly were decided upon under different
apprehensions. The recent speech i'roa the
German throne, in which the Emperor
showed that he was not inclined TO disturb
the peace of his neghbors was sufficient for
Austria, but any further gathering of Rus
slams ON our frontier VIII compel us to take
be behind Russla's preparations are threat
cning, and are totally lmproyokcd,' The
Pestcr lloyd gays: "The situation is undeni-
ably most serious. Russia's attitude is 50
threatening that we cannot but think that
war is inevitable"
The Washington critic., 1887-12-07
The First SNmntQms

Of all Lung diseases are mitch the same
fevcrlshness, loss OF appetite, sore
throat, pains in tho chest and back,
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Several years ago. James Birchard. of
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doctors said he was in Consumption,
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Ayers Cherry Pectoral. After taking
this medicine, two or three months, he
was pronounced well man. His health
remains good to the present day.
j. S. Bradley, Maiden, Mass, writes
"Throe winters ago took severe cold,
which rapidly developed into Bronchitis
md Consumption. l was so weak that
could not sit up, was much emaciated,
md coughcd necessarily. consulted
several doctors, but they were power
less, and all agreed that was IN Con-
sumption. AT last, n friend brought me
bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
From the first dose, 1 found relief.
Two bottles cured me, and my health
has since been perfect"
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The Washington critic., 1887-12-07
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